Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 356 › Conversation 356-012

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Administrative oversight

Monday, September 25, 1972 · 4:43 PM–5:16 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation356-012 on Tape 356StartMonday, September 25, 1972 at 4:43 PMEndMonday, September 25, 1972 at 5:16 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 356-012 ↗

President Nixon and an unidentified individual meet to verify the status of documentation related to an official statement. The primary focus of the brief exchange is ensuring that the requested copy of a specific section of the statement has been successfully delivered. This interaction highlights the administrative oversight of outgoing communications during the President's daily operations.

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On September 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:43 pm and 5:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 356-012 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 356-12

Date: September 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:43 pm and 5:16 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

             Copy of statement
  • 356-011 2:30 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 3:01 pm.
  • 786-023 3:04 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thomas W. Gleason, John Bowers, Lawrence G. Molloy, Charles W. Colson, Donald F. Rodgers, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 3:32 pm.
  • 786-024 3:33 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:33 pm to 3:35 pm.
  • 786-025 3:35 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:35 pm to 4:41 pm.
  • 356-013 4:43 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:43 pm and 5:16 pm.
  • 356-014 4:43 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:43 pm and 5:16 pm.
  • 030-024 5:16 PM · 1 min — Charles W. Colson and W. Richard Howard talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:16 pm and 6:10 pm.
  • 356-015 5:16 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Patrick J. Buchanan, and W. Richard Howard met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:16 pm to 6:10 pm.

Conversation 356-012, September 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/356-012 (accessed October 1, 2026).